To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"